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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Biociências (IB) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Colômbia
Biologist from Universidad Nacional de Colombia (2010), MSc in Biological Sciences (Botany) at Universidade de São Paulo (2013) and phD in Biological Sciences (Botany) at Universidade de São Paulo (2017). She has experience in Botany, focusing on Plant Physiology, acting on the following subjects: crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), urea metabolism and transport of solutes and water through aquaporins. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Urea has been characterized as an important organic nitrogen and carbon source for bromeliads. Previous studies performed in the Plant Development Physiology Laboratory showed a high preference for urea by the tank-bromeliad Vriesea gigantea and its possible transport via aquaporins. Recent surveys obtained in our laboratory also suggested increased expression of VgPIP1,5 and VgTIP2, two …
Urease is a very important enzyme in the hydrolysis of urea, providing nitrogen to the plant. Previous studies developed in our Laboratory-IBUSP showed the preference of the epiphytic tank-bromeliad, Vriesea gigantea, for urea as a nitrogen source, and the localization of urease in the plasma membranes and cytoplasm of leaf cells. Recent evidences obtained in our laboratory linked a possi…
Organic molecules can be the main input of nitrogen for plants in environments where inorganic nitrogen sources are limited, such as epiphytic habitat. Recent studies conducted in our laboratory at IBUSP have shown a high capacity of Vriesea gigantea plants to absorb urea by their leaves, making this bromeliad an excellent model to study urea metabolism. Nevertheless, urea uptake and assi…
Urea has been characterized as a very important nitrogen and carbon source to bromeliads. Recent studies conducted in our laboratory at IBUSP have shown a high preference of Vriesea gigantea plants for urea. For some plant species, urea transport through aquaporins has already been described.Three foliar aquaporin genes, VgPIP1,2; VgPIP1,5 and VgTIP2, have been recently cloned from urea-t…
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